Numbered Days

My 40th birthday,
April, 1996



"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:12)

See that cute seventeen-year-old in the middle of this picture snapped on my 40th birthday? Well, today is his 40th birthday! My, my. Time does flies like a Peregrine Falcon. Happy birthday, Rhett!!

The 90th Psalm of the Old Testament is a prayer of Moses acknowledging the eternity of God and frailty of man. Moses prayed:

Lord, You have been our dwelling place

in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever You had formed the earth and the world.

Even from everlasting to everlasting,

You are God...

For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it is past,

and like a watch in the night...

The days of our lives are seventy years;

And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,

Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;

For it is soon cut off, and we fly away...

So teach us to number our days,

That we may gain a heart of wisdom...

Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us;

And establish the work of our hands; 

Yes, establish the work of our hands.

"Everyone needs to take inventory regarding how they are spending their days. A day is like a dollar: it can be spent wisely or foolishly, but once it is spent, it cannot be spent again."  ~ Dr. David Jeremiah

So, beloved, how are you spending today?